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Important Questions Test: The Changing World of Visual Arts

20 Questions MCQ Test NCERT Textbooks (Class 6 to Class 12) | Important Questions Test: The Changing World of Visual Arts

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Attempt Important Questions Test: The Changing World of Visual Arts | 20 questions in 20 minutes | Mock test for UPSC preparation | Free important questions MCQ to study NCERT Textbooks (Class 6 to Class 12) for UPSC Exam | Download free PDF with solutions

QUESTION: 1

What techniques did the painters of Murshidabad and Patna adapt from the British while making post cards?

A.
Landscape painting
B.
Canvas painting
C.
Self portraits
D.
Use of water colours

Solution:

Towards the end of 18th century the water-colour drawings became the most widely used by British artists in India. Murshidabad was among the first new cities in the late 18th century where Indian painters painted pictures for the British and foreign tourists consumption.The most flourishing centre of the new Europeanised Indian painting, however, was Patna from the end of 18th century to about 1870 when the city lost its importance. The style reached there from Murshidabad when certain Kayastha artists moved in there.

QUESTION: 2

Abanindranath Tagore and a new group of nationalist artists rejected the art of Ravi Verma because

A.
It was imitative
B.
It was westernised
C.
It was cheap
D.
Both (a) to (b)

Solution:

To formally choose someone to do a special piece of work, or to formally ask for a special piece of work from someone.
Example- The newspaper commissioned a series of articles on the worst excesses of the fashion industry.

QUESTION: 3

This great piece of work is by a painter from Europe who came to India in the mid- 1780s. Who painted this?

A.
Johann Zoffany
B.
David Garrick
C.
Joshua Reynolds
D.
Mary Moser

Solution:

The artist of this painting is Johann Zoffany, a German-born painter who settled in England in 1760 after working in Rome.

QUESTION: 4

From the two oil paintings given below by Johann Zoffany, what is the main inference that one can make about the lifestyle and attitude during Colonial India.

A.
The paintings showed that British always entertained guests
B.
The paintings showed that the Indians adapted British live styles.
C.
The paintings showed that only the British and Indians lived in grand colonial mansions
D.
British were shown superior and imperious, with the Indians occupying a shadowy background.

Solution:

QUESTION: 5

Name the Nawab who fought against the British Resident controlling the affairs of the state in the 1770s and later became a dependent pensioner of the East India Company

A.
Majid Ali Khan
B.
Wasim Ali Khan
C.
Muhammed Ali Khan
D.
Ibrahim Ali Khan

Solution:

QUESTION: 6

Name the two European artists commissioned by Muhammed Ali Khan.

A.
Tilly Kettle and Baron Pigot
B.
James Willison and Baron Pigot
C.
George Pigot and Baron Pigot
D.
Tilly Kettle and George Willison

Solution:

QUESTION: 7

Name the artist who painted this beautiful portrait of Muhammed Ali Khan of Arcot in 1775.

A.
George Willison
B.
Thomas Daniell
C.
William Daniell
D.
Johanna Zoffany

Solution:

QUESTION: 8

Name the third category of imperial art that existed during the colonial India

A.
Engraving
B.
Oil Painting
C.
History painting
D.
Clay painting

Solution: ‘The Imperial Art’ that was prevalent in India during the British Colonial rule can be classified into three categories, namely Landscape painting, Portrait painting and History painting.

European artists came to India along with British Traders and rulers. New styles of painting were introduced by these artists. They began producing pictures of India which became widely popular in Europe and helped the Europeans understand India better.

QUESTION: 9

Name the artist who created this painting of Lord Clive meeting Mir Jafar after the Battle of Plassey. Considered to be first of the series of history paintings, this was placed on public display in the Vauzhall Gardens in London.

A.
George Willison
B.
Johanna Zoffany
C.
Thomas Daniell
D.
Francis Hayman

Solution:

QUESTION: 10

The painting The Storming of Seringapatnam portrayed the celebration of the British military triumph over Tipu Sultan. Name the painter of this important painting full of action and energy.

A.
Francis Hayman
B.
William Daniell
C.
Kerr Porter
D.
Thomas Daniell

Solution: Answer is kerr porter as he is the only painter of british at that time.

QUESTION: 11

This oil painting by David Wilkie in 1839 glorifies the British triumph over something. Name the occasion where General Sir David Baird seems to announce this is the fate of those who dare to oppose the British.

A.
After defeating Nawab Muhammed Ali Khan
B.
After defeating and discovering the body of Tipu Sultan
C.
After introducing Permanent Settlement system
D.
After the failure of the revolt of 1857.

Solution:

QUESTION: 12

Tipu Sultan encouraged a special type of wall painting. What is this called as?

A.
Glass Painting
B.
Copper Painting
C.
Mural Painting
D.
Canvas Painting

Solution:

QUESTION: 13

The following mural painting depicts the celebration by Tipu Sultan and Haidar Ali after defeating the English troops. Name the battle that was fought in 1780.

A.
Battle of Plassey
B.
Battle of Panipat
C.
Battle of Buxar
D.
Battle of Polilur

Solution:

QUESTION: 14

The following image is a miniature copy by a local court painter of an oil painting by the visiting British artist G Farrington depicting a procession on the occasion of an important festival celebrated by the Muslims. Name the festival.

A.
Id
B.
Ramzan
C.
Milad un Nabi
D.
Muharram

Solution: Yes, the correct answer is A- Id. As everyone in this picture are collected at mosque for their prayers (namaaz). People are hugging each other which shows that they are greeting each other and wishing 'Eid mubarak'.

QUESTION: 15

From the following options available which one can be called a collection of Indo-European style of paintings made in India by Indian artists

A.
Company Painting
B.
British India Painting
C.
East India Painting
D.
Indo- British Painting

Solution:

QUESTION: 16

Name the pilgrimage centre of the temple village around which the scroll painters and potters began developing a new style of art in Bengal.

A.
Kripamayee
B.
Kalighat
C.
Dakshineswara
D.
Tarakeshwar

Solution: In Bengal, around the pilgrimage centre of the temple of Kalighat, local village scroll painters potters began developing a new style of art. They moved from the surrounding villages into Calcutta in the early 19th century in the life of new patrons and new buyers of their art.

QUESTION: 17

What is the specialty of the early Kalighat paintings ?

A.
Use of wall as the canvas
B.
Use of a bold , deliberately non-realistic style , where the figures emerge large and powerful, with a minimum of lines detail and colours.
C.
Use of Perspective- the way that objects appear smaller when they are further away and the way parallel lines appear to meet each other at a point in the distance
D.
Use of an Indo-European style

Solution:

QUESTION: 18

Identify this style of painting. This painting is a typical example of how Patuas depicted English life in India where hunting was considered as a sport that demonstrated courage and manliness

A.
Kalighat painting
B.
Company painting
C.
Scroll painting
D.
Mural painting

Solution:

QUESTION: 19

Name the important printing press set up at Calcutta in the late 19th century started by the middle class Indians, producing life like images of eminent Bengali personalities as well as mythological pictures.

A.
Bengal Art Studio
B.
Bengal Press
C.
Calcutta Press
D.
Calcutta Art Studio

Solution:

QUESTION: 20

Following image is an advertisement of a popular Indian brand of a product /item that was banned by the British in 1905. This image was used to express nationalist ideas and inspire people against the British rule by the Calcutta art Studio. Guess the product/item.